Comments on: Grassley to Vote Against Sotomayorhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/
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By: plus6sigmahttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-1514735
Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:31:49 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/#comment-1514735Synopsis: GOP Committee Senators rush to cast a nay vote they know won’t matter anywhere but back home to the fringe element of their base.
]]>By: robert diogeneshttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-1513531
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:00:32 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/#comment-1513531What is the FUTURE outlook for the Court? The new Justice will be a member of the minority group. The conservative group will wtill dominate.

GET THE FACTS BEHIND THE NEWS.The World turned upside down.. The original thought behind our constitution was to protect the individual against the excesses of a powerful govt.

The founding fathers learned from the British, as they phrased it, “mixed government is best”. All pure forms of gov’t such as monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy historically led to evil gov’ts. By mixing these pure forms so that the three counter balanced each other a stable and healthy system was established. In a recent speech recently retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’ Connor stated that the framers created three separate and equal branches of gov’t because they knew that preserving liberty requires that no single branch or person can amass unchecked power.

This is the foundation of our gov’t. The framers of our constitution being experienced people knew we could not rely on good intentions, oaths of office, promises etc. We needed an organized gov’t approach to check on the different branches. This makes good sense since no person or branch is above making mistakes or overreaching their constitutional boundaries.

The present Court appears to have taken the opposite tack. It is deciding to protect large businesses and govt institutions against the clams of the citizens.

The Court is abandoning its oversight responsibilities thru a doctrine of Judicial Restraint. The result is to strengthen the Presidency or Legislature at the expense of the Judiciary and the rights of its citizens.

The Court is accomplishing this by limiting citizens rights to go to court to seek relief from what the citizen believes to be an injustice. The Court is doing this thru the use of standing and a very strict, “mean”, interpretation of the law,
and legal procedures, to limit cases accepted by the Court.

More to come.
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]]>By: Steve Bolgerhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-1513411
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:45:33 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/#comment-1513411I don’t know where you will find a better example of a judge checking her own issues at the courthouse door than the one compiled by Ms. Sotomayor.
]]>By: eddie123http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-1513389
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:40:18 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/#comment-1513389This is becoming a sad thing for Americans when race and gender count more for being on the supreme court than upholding the law. Ms Sotomayor’s speeches, clubs she belonged to and her rulings show she is not the one to be on the supreme court. Take politics out of this .
]]>By: Steve Bolgerhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-1513205
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:17:42 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/#comment-1513205No occupation is more dependent on government than soldiering.
]]>By: Old Catholichttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-1512805
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:55:11 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/#comment-1512805Since Grassley joined with Kennedy to start an investigation of the incompetent, corrupt right-wing PBGT Bsh appointee Charles Millard, who seems to have made poor decisions about the nation’s security through its pension guarantee program (while preparing to go on the take even as he was supposedly negotiating impartially with Wall Street firms), I tend to think he is less that completely partisan.

Still, his decision in this case is entirely political. He has supported Sotomayor for previous promotions, as an NRP reporter reminded him at the start of the these Supreme Court hearings.

]]>By: James (San Diego)http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-1512759
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:27:22 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/#comment-1512759The liberal party (democrat) always thinks that they are better than all the rest. However we know this is a fallacy, they continue to promote ignorance through government assistance. They believe if they make enough people reliant on the government for assistance programs then they will always be able to use scare tactics to gain their vote.

It stead of feeding the people fish, let us teach them to fish.

As for the vote, I agree we do not need another activist judge residing on the courts, especially one on the Supreme Court.

]]>By: kaythttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-1512751
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:21:27 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/#comment-1512751It will be so refreshing to see one less white male face in scotus. May the march to true representation of of all aspects of society continue.
]]>By: Mr. Marshallhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-1512631
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:26:18 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/#comment-1512631Regarding how many votes Ms. Sotomayor receives- I’d like to remind everyone that if she receives a plurality of just one vote, they will still call her ‘Justice Sotomayor.’
]]>By: Steve Bolgerhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-1512545
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:39:29 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/#comment-1512545The whole Republican Party is a farce now, and they know it.

The plutocracy will have to create another party to keep up the appearance of choice in US politics.

]]>By: Frank in Houstonhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-1512541
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:36:16 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/#comment-1512541It is laughable to have a Republican express concern with the Rights established in the Constitution. Conservatives have fought against anything but the narrowest definitions of these rights since the days of the Warren Court. In fact, their legendary concern for ‘strict construction’ dates to the battles over definitions of rights.
]]>By: EEhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-1512391
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:11:33 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/#comment-1512391It seems to be that there is an inherent contradiction in what Senator Grassley is saying. On the one hand, he expects Supreme Court nominees to give detailed and honest answer, but on the other hand he displays how easily such answers will become distorted, which is why no nominee answers the Judiciary Committee’s questions in a frank and forthright manner. I am talking about Souter’s comment that courts fill vacuums in the law. That’s simply a matter of fact, and not a judicial philosophy. If the law were entirely unambiguous there would be no dispute as to which way to rule. The reason why some court cases are contentious is exactly because the law is ambigious and can be interpreted in different ways. That ambiguity is the vacuum Souter describes. Courts fill that vacuum with their verdicts. It’s not a liberal thing, it’s a judiciary thing.
]]>By: Todd Eastmanhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-1512339
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:24:34 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/#comment-1512339Mr. Grassley is following the herd of elephants in their mad rush to appeal to the base.
]]>By: Tomhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-1512323
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:06:56 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/#comment-1512323The voters in Iowa have the opportunity to improve the intellectual and moral tenor of the Senate, come next election time.
]]>By: PXhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-1512011
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:01:46 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/grassley-sides-against-sotomayor/#comment-1512011The side of society that does not seem to understand the rights given to citizens by the constitution of the United of States of America is the Republican Party that allowed the illustrious governor of Minnesota Tim Pawlenty to abduct Minnesotan rights of two senators in the house for long 6 months. The PR could keep minimum finesse at least taking the no objection position instead of open rejection while representing so rich a diversity.
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